David, If there were a name as clear as water from the purest spring, I would still reject it. But if it were a sin to speak such a name, I would be dance it.
Marsha At 12:09 PM 10/7/2007, you wrote: >Hi Marsha > >You use any name or non-name you like. >It was once a sin to name or represent 'god', >so you have precursors. > >DM > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "MarshaV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:21 PM >Subject: Re: [MD] The Madman: The Perfect World > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > For me indivisible, undefinable and unknowable and nameless seems > > better. I do like this wise man's parables, though. > > > > Marsha > > > > > > At 04:28 AM 10/2/2007, you wrote: > >>Hi Marsha > >> > >>If god were no more than the silence into which > >>we ask our questions, god would still be very > >>important to human beings and their culture. > >> > >>David M > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "MarshaV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:42 AM > >>Subject: [MD] The Madman: The Perfect World > >> > >> > >> > > >> > The Madman: The Perfect World by Khalil Gibran > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > God of lost souls, thou who art lost amongst the gods, hear me: > >> > > >> > Gentle Destiny that watchest over us, mad, wandering spirits, hear me: > >> > > >> > I dwell in the midst of a perfect race, I the most imperfect. > >> > > >> > I, a human chaos, a nebula of confused elements, I move amongst > >> > finished worlds -- peoples of complete laws and pure order, whose > >> > thoughts are assorted, whose dreams are arranged, and whose visions > >> > are enrolled and registered. > >> > > >> > Their virtues, O God, are measured, their sins are weighed, and even > >> > the countless things that pass in the dim twilight of neither sin nor > >> > virtue are recorded and catalogued. > >> > > >> > Here days and nights are divided into seasons of conduct and governed > >> > by rules of blameless accuracy. > >> > > >> > To eat, to drink, to sleep, to cover one's nudity, and then to be > >> > weary in due time. > >> > > >> > To work, to play, to sing, to dance, and then to lie still when the > >> > clock strikes the hour. > >> > > >> > To think thus, to feel thus much, and then to cease thinking and > >> > feeling when a certain star rises above yonder horizon. > >> > > >> > To rob a neighbour with a smile, to bestow gifts with a graceful wave > >> > of the hand, to praise prudently, to blame cautiously, to destroy a > >> > soul with a word, to burn a body with a breath, and then to wash the > >> > hands when the day's work is done. > >> > > >> > To love according to an established order, to entertain one's best > >> > self in a pre-conceived manner, to worship the gods becomingly, to > >> > intrigue the devils artfully -- and then to forget all as though > >> > memory were dead. > >> > > >> > To fancy with a motive, to contemplate with consideration, to be > >> > happy sweetly, to suffer nobly -- and then to empty the cup so that > >> > tomorrow may fill it again. > >> > > >> > All these things, O God, are conceived with forethought, born with > >> > determination, nursed with exactness, governed by rules, directed by > >> > reason, and then slain and buried after a prescribed method. And even > >> > their silent graves that lie within the human soul are marked and > >> > numbered. > >> > > >> > It is a perfect world, a world of consummate excellence, a world of > >> > supreme wonders, the ripest fruit in God's garden, the master-thought > >> > of the universe. > >> > > >> > But why should I be here, O God, I a green seed of unfulfilled > >> > passion, a mad tempest that seeketh neither east nor west, a > >> > bewildered fragment from a burnt planet? > >> > > >> > Why am I here, O God of lost souls, thou who art lost amongst the gods? > >> > > >> > ------------ > >> > > >> > Greetings, > >> > > >> > I hope you all forgive me for posting these little gems. I have them > >> > playing randomly on my iPod via the Shuffle option, it's uncanny the > >> > song or piece of music that plays following a parable. > >> > > >> > Kudrun > >> > > >> > > >> > Hahahahah > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > >> > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >> > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >> > Archives: > >> > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >> > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > >> > > >> > >> > >>Moq_Discuss mailing list > >>Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >>http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >>Archives: > >>http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >>http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
